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Stirling Mills Records

 Collection
Identifier: 6897

Scope and Contents

The Stirling Mills Records includes minutes of meetings of directors, 1879-1915; volume of stock certificates issued, 1880-1909; volume of transferred and cancelled stock certificates, 1880-1940; and a register of dividends paid to shareholders, 1880-1924.

Dates

  • undated

Conditions Governing Access

Access to the collections in the Kheel Center is restricted. Please contact a reference archivist for access to these materials.

Conditions Governing Use

This collection must be used in keeping with the Kheel Center Information Sheet and Procedures for Document Use.

Biographical / Historical

The company was a woolen mill in Lowell, MA. Organized in December, 1879, the directors were Ezra Farnsworth, Samuel B. Rindge, Edward D. Holden, and William H. Sherman. Ezra Farnsworth was also the company's first president. Parker, Wilder & Co., Boston, were appointed selling agents, and Edward Holden was company agent as well as one of the directors. Holden's grandson, Louis A. Olney became assistant treasurer in 1912 and later served as treasurer and president. The company closed in 1935.

Extent

0 cubic feet

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

Collection of directors meeting minutes and stock and shareholder records.

Custodial History

American Textile History Museum Collection.

Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives Repository

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